One look was all it took. When jewelry artist Bette Barnett of Studio Migoto in the San Diego area contacted me about writing a jewelry project for Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, I didn’t hesitate. She came highly recommended, and her sample designs and the additional pieces I saw were fascinating. I just loved their unexpectedly bent or undulating shapes or delicately textured surfaces, their surprise accents of stone or negative space. The Hook: Gold on Steel What immediately demands notice and runs throughout her jewelry design aesthetic, though, is the use of gold on steel, specifically blackened steel. The other…
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